Reflections - 2017
1. Serrado
Lyrics & Music:Djavan
Arranged by Juancho Herrera
2. Caravan
Lyrics: Irving Mills / Music: Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington
Arranged by Toru Dodo
3. Inutil Paisagem
Lyrics: Aloysio de Oliveira / Music: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Arranged by Yuri Juarez & ERIKA
4. Reflections
Lyrics: ERIKA/ Music: ERIKA & Carlton Holmes
Arranged by Art Hirahara, David Gilmore & ERIKA
5. Now You Are Not Here
Lyrics & Music: Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery
Sung by Swing Out Sister
Arranged by Art Hirahara
6. Spain / I Can Recall
Lyrics:Al Jarreau / Music: Chick Corea
Arranged by David Gilmore
7. Moonlight Butterfly
(Lyrics: ERIKA & Nicholas Hammond / Music: Yusuke Hirado)
8. Lullaby Of Birdland
Lyrics: George David Weiss / Music: George Shearing
Arranged by Art Hirahara (Soli) /Intro Arranged by ERIKA & Art Hirahara
9. Always -Reflections-
Lyrics & Music: Monday Michiru
10. Autumn In New York
Lyrics & Music:Vernon Duke
Arranged by Art Hirahara
11. LIFE
Lyrics:ERIKA,Nicholas Hammond & Art Hirahara / Music: ERIKA
Arranged by Yuri Juarez
12. Mas Que Nada
Lyrics & Music:Jorge Ben
Arranged by Juancho Herrera
13. Hikoukigumo
(Lyrics & Music: Yumi Arai)
Arranged by Art Hirahara
Personnel:
ERIKA - vocals,compositions, producer
Art Hirahara - piano, rhodes, synth &co-producer
Helio Alves - piano
Juancho Herrera - guitar, arrangements &co-producer
David Gilmore - guitars&arrangements
Yosvany Terry - sax&arr
Paulo Levi - tenor &soprano sax
Tyler Blanton - vibraphone
Leo Traversa - el-bass
Essiet Okon Essiet - ac-bass
Steve Wilson - Alto &Soprano Sax
James Zollar - trumpet
Josh Deutsch - trumpet
Itai Kriss - flute
Keita Ogawa - per &drums
Johnathan Blake - drums
Special guest: Monday Michiru - composition
Special guest: Yusuke Hirado - composition
Special guest: Carlton Homes - co-song writer
Special guest: Toru Dodo - arrangements
Special guest: Yuri Juarez - arrangements
Special guest: Nicholas Hammond - co-writer
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NOSTALGIA - 2015
1. Tudo que você podia ser (arr. Juancho Herrera)
2. I Thought About You
3. Open Your Eyes You Can Fly (arr. David Gilmore)
4. Footprint /Nostalgia 2 -Summer (ERIKA/Art Hirahara arr. ERIKA)
5. Hanamizuki - Spring (ERIKA:arr Yosvany Terry)
6. There's a Lull in My Life
7. Berimbau
8. Nostalgia -Winter (ERIKA)
9. Gekkoh/月虹 - Autumn (Yusuke Hirado/ERIKA horn arranged by Art Hirahara)
10. Casas Pré-Fabricadas
11. Listen Love
12. I didn't know what time it was
13. Rocket Love
14. Choro das Águas
15. Batucada Surgiu
Bonus Track
Soshu Yakyoku /蘇州夜曲
Personnel:
ERIKA - vocals,compositions, producer
Art Hirahara - piano &rhodes, co-producer
Helio Alves - piano
Romero Lubambo - guitar
Juancho Herrera - guitar&arr
David Gilmore - guitar&arr
Yosvany Terry - sax&arr
Paulo Levi - sax
Leo Traversa - el-bass
Essiet Essiet - ac-bass
Dana Leong - cello
Michael Rodriguez - trumpet
James Zollar - trumpet
Victor Prieto - accordion
Keita Ogawa - per &drums
Willard Dyson - drums
Toru Dodo - arr
Naika - additional vocals
Special guest: Yusuke Hirado - Rhodes
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TRUE COLORS - 2013
1. Sina
2. Without a Song
3. Encontros E Despedidas
4. Beyond the Sky
5. Bilhete/Ticket
6. What a Difference a Day Made
7. Vera Cruz
8. Song for Elena
9. Sunny
10. True Colors
11. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
12. Skindo Le-Le
13. Kachofugetsu
14. Cicatrizes
15. Smile
16. Meguriai
Personnel:
ERIKA (a.k.a Erika Matsuo) - Vocals
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Organ
Gil Goldstein - Piano, Accordion
Helio Alves - Piano
Romero Lubambo - Acoustic Guitar
Juancho Herrera - Acoustic &Electric guitar
Gregoire Maret - Harmonica
Garret Fishbach - Violin
Meg Okura - Violin
Dana Leong - Cello
Essiet Essiet - Acoustic Bass,Electric Bass
Leo Travessa - Electric Bass
James Zollar - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Yosvany Terry - Alto,Soprano Sax
Paulo Levi - Tenor,Soprano Sax& Flute
Jorge Continentino - Pifano* Brazilian Wood Flute &Flute
Willard Dyson - Drums
Keita Ogawa - Drums&Percussion
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OBSESSION - 2009
1 Night And Day (Cole Porter)
2 Bridges/ Traverssia (Milton Nascimento)
3 Samurai (Djavan)
4 Atras Da Porta (Francis Hime/Chico Buarque)
5 Moondance (Van Morrison)
6 I Could Have Told You (Carl Sigman/James Van Heusen)
7 Obsession (Dori Cayimi)
8 My Little Brown Book (Billy Strayhorn)
9 Chega De Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Vinicius De Moraes)
10 The Island (Ivan Lins/Vitor Martins)
11 Some To Light Up My Life (Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Vinicius De Moraes)
12 Oceano (Djavan)
13 Love For Life (Erika Matsuo)
14 I Close My Eyes (Erika Matsuo/Ayako Okabe)
Personnel:
Carlton Holmes - Piano
Romero Lubambo - Guitar
Freddie Bryant - Guitar
Paulo Levi - Soprano & Tenor Sax
Yosvany Terry - Soprano & Alto Sax
Essiet Essiet - Acoustic and electric Bass
Willard Dyson - Drums
Nanny Assis - Percussion